Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
and
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3800 MHz (3800 MHz vs 3250 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (November 2025 vs December 2024)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
MediaTek
November 2025
Launch Date
December 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8845
Model Name
Dimensity 8400
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
3x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-A725
4x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3800 MHz
Frequency
3250 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Mali-G720 MC7
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
1400 MHz
512
Shading units
-
-
Execution units
6
3.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.4
Vulkan version
1.3
3840 x 2540
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7900 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
8533 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
3.5 MB
-
L3 cache
6 MB
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
UFS 4.0
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek NPU 880
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
+67%
Dimensity 8400
1684
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
+44%
Dimensity 8400
6970
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
8535
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
6396
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1802
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1435
PCMark for Android Work 3.0
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
18388
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo
MediaTek Dimensity 8400
9483
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